http://travelogue.thinkers.org “There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong-Kong.” Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:02:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While you don't need a visa to get into Japan (depending upon where you are coming from), you do need Landing Permission, which is obtained upon arrival. On the plane, the stewards hand out "Disembarkment Questionaires", 8x3 slips upon which you fill out your legal name, birthdate, nationality, occupation, reason ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2006/04/21/customs-immigration-in-japan/ 20/04/06 04:59:10 PM HADT Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska Alt: 113000m Flying West is an odd thing. Push ourselves 37000ft into the air, and then hold as still as possible while the earth rotates below us. The sun barely wavers, and every so many degrees, the current (local) time flashes on ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2006/04/20/time-keep-son-ticking-into-the-future/ Big city; its all about the driving. And that’s bajillion lane highway driving, veritgo-inspiring for this small town girl, and fast. But oddly pretty, as well. Given the amount of concrete sprawling over and under head, somebody had a good thought. They’re in the process of painting the concrete supports and ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2005/08/29/pretty-pretty-dallas/ Late monday night, C got the call that we’d be driving to Dallas to deliver a half dozen compute nodes and miscellany. Road trip!! All a-frenzy, we organized, postponed, and packed, ready to be on the road first thing Tuesday. No small feat, considering we’d just gotten back from Summerfolk, hours before. Turns ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2005/08/24/customs-commercial-imports/ Every May, for the passed hundred and ten-odd years, Quadra Island has celebrated May Day. Apparently the first May Day, celebrated back in 189-something consisted of a May Pole dance at the local school. Its grown since then, and has gradually been pushed to the last weekend of the ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2005/05/28/the-one-with-queens-ancient-cultures-smoked-oysters/ AKA: Safe and Sound. On my dad’s recommendation, we took Humphries Limousine Service to the airport, rather than the airporter, and that early in the morning, I’m glad we did. Humphries only drives one party per trip, so there was no booting around town to pick up other passengers before heading ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2005/05/27/a-plane-a-ferry-a-ferry/ <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px"> <a style="font-size: 100%" xhref="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/25672" mce_href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/25672" >This album</a> is powered by <a style="font-size: 100%" xhref="http://www.bubbleshare.com/" mce_href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/" >BubbleShare</a> - <a style="font-size: 100%" xhref="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/25672/blog" mce_href="http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/25672/blog" >Add to my blog</a></span></div> <p>The day looks something like this:</p> The day looks something ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2005/05/25/the-one-with-all-the-maps/ 0512.1730 Done Wendies & fuel - on to Dayton! Stephie is driving now, looking very styling in Euro-style sunglasses, and 12 hole unlaced docs. Trip ODO is 360km. Lenore is lounging in the dash box in a sort of saucey fashion. 0512.1732 Our Lady of the Inside Out ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2002/05/12/part-the-firste-contd/ 0512.1015 Car packed. Lenore settled. Trip tik in hand. We're ready to go.... aren't we??? ;_; 0512.1241 [odo: 205783] Finally on the highway, delayed because Portus sucks. Listening to Jem & ... http://travelogue.thinkers.org/2002/05/12/part_the_firste/